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Jarrells' Show Me Something, December, 2022 Edition

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, December 1, 2022 8:44 AM

Starting the month with a picture from a lost forum member:

-Photograph by Garry Boyd

Please show me another empty open-topped freight car.

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Posted by HO-Velo on Thursday, December 1, 2022 9:35 AM

More open-topped freight cars please.  Regards, Peter

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Posted by John-NYBW on Thursday, December 1, 2022 3:16 PM

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More open-topped freight cars please.  Regards, Peter

A string of empty 2-bay hoppers lettered for my home road. They have just replenished the coaling tower at the main engine terminal and are read to be picked up by the empty coal train to be taken back to the coal mines. 

More open top freight cars, loaded or empty. 

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Posted by NVSRR on Thursday, December 1, 2022 6:44 PM

 OPen top coal cars.  Northeast version from the early 1900's. 3d printed.  

 

Mor eopen top cars please

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Posted by Track fiddler on Thursday, December 1, 2022 7:05 PM

NVSRR

Mor eopen top cars please

 
Found a new Minnesota company that sells ore car blanks.
 
 
At 20 for 80 bucks!, all my trucks get replaced with MTL short shanks anyways.  And at four bucks a pop, they'll be fun to paint and detail.
 
 
More ore cars or coal cars please?
 
 
 
 
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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, December 1, 2022 8:54 PM

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More ore cars or coal cars please?

Ore Jennies play a big role on my layout.  TF loads 'em — I unload them.

 BnLE_ore-hopper-1 by Edmund, on Flickr

 Hulett_Jenny by Edmund, on Flickr

 PRR_Ore-dock by Edmund, on Flickr

More ore or coal, please.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Friday, December 2, 2022 3:59 AM

Ed - More ore or coal

 

 IMG_5023 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

More Ore or Coal please

 

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Posted by dti406 on Friday, December 2, 2022 9:00 AM

NorthBrit

More Ore or Coal please

 

David

Stewart C-628 and C-630 with about 36 PRR Ore Jennies in tow!

More coal or ore please!

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Posted by John-NYBW on Friday, December 2, 2022 9:37 AM

dti406

More Ore or Coal please

 

The Erie runs a coal train with trackage rights over a portion of the NYBW. Here it is passing through Bedford Falls.

The month is still young. We can stay with coal and ore for a while.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Friday, December 2, 2022 9:44 AM

John-NYBW

 The month is still young. We can stay with coal and ore for a while.

 

 
 
 IMG_5303 by David Harrison, on Flickr
 
 
Still with Ore or Coal please
 
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Posted by HO-Velo on Friday, December 2, 2022 11:02 AM

More coal.  Regards, Peter

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Posted by Track fiddler on Friday, December 2, 2022 12:43 PM

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More coal.  Regards, Peter

 

Ore Jennies filled with coal.

Huh!  Why would Atlas put coal loads in.....  That's Besides The Point!,  What's Ed supposed to do with all these lumps of coal?

 

More ore or coal please.

 

 

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Posted by "JaBear" on Friday, December 2, 2022 3:46 PM

 [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ggDxyj]Viaduct 2

by Bear, on Flickr
I am not adverse to more coal or ore, but any load will do.Smile

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Posted by John-NYBW on Friday, December 2, 2022 4:07 PM

I am not adverse to more coal or ore, but any load will do.Smile

 

This is probably my most unusual load:

More open top loads of any kind. 

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Posted by gmpullman on Friday, December 2, 2022 4:33 PM

John-NYBW
More open top loads of any kind. 

A pair of transformers prepared to ship:

 IMG_9716_fix_web by Edmund, on Flickr

 GE Transformers by Edmund, on Flickr

More open-top loads, please.

 

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Friday, December 2, 2022 6:06 PM

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Well, they don't like to take them back empty.

Christmas trees on heavy haulers for all the good boys and girlsLaugh

 

Silly or serious, more open top loads please.

 

 

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Posted by "JaBear" on Saturday, December 3, 2022 2:45 AM

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Christmas trees on heavy haulers for all the good boys and girlsLaugh

Looks like I’ll be missing out on a tree, then!Smile, Wink & Grin

USN buoy boat by Bear, on Flickr

 

It’s gone a bit quiet here, so either another load or something associated with 1.
Cheers, the Bear.Smile

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Posted by John-NYBW on Saturday, December 3, 2022 7:24 AM

 

It’s gone a bit quiet here, so either another load or something associated with 1.

Cheers, the Bear.Smile
 

How about a load of tires.

One or more freight cars spotted at an industry, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, December 3, 2022 7:28 AM

John-NYBW
One or more freight cars spotted at an industry, please.

A lumber car being loaded:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

The above scene is on the Great Dogbone Layout as seen at train shows around the country.

More train cars at industries please.

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Posted by HO-Velo on Saturday, December 3, 2022 10:19 AM

More freight cars at industries.  Regards, Peter

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Posted by NorthBrit on Saturday, December 3, 2022 10:36 AM

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More freight cars at industries.  Regards, Peter

 

 IMG_2308 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

More freight cars at industries please

 

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Posted by John-NYBW on Saturday, December 3, 2022 3:55 PM

NorthBrit

More freight cars at industries please

 

David

 

The latest additions to my roster. Three 50' Santa Fe ice cooled reefers.

The camera angles make it look like there are 40' reefers in the mix, but they are all 50'.

More freight cars at industrial sidings, please.

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Posted by cowman on Saturday, December 3, 2022 4:03 PM

John,

What did you use for tires?

Thank you,

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, December 3, 2022 5:11 PM

John-NYBW
More freight cars at industrial sidings, please.

Spotted for loading:

 PRR_G41A-Mill by Edmund, on Flickr

 CR_G41_Coils by Edmund, on Flickr

 Coiled_steel by Edmund, on Flickr

More freight being loaded or unloaded, please.

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Posted by John-NYBW on Saturday, December 3, 2022 8:39 PM

cowman

John,

What did you use for tires?

Thank you,

Richard

 

That load was included with the car when I bought it. There are two different sized tires and there are separate molded plastic sheets for each size. If I remember right, there are three layers for each size. 

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Posted by NVSRR on Saturday, December 3, 2022 9:27 PM

I missed the unusal loads. but here are two critters and a hot dog.

ANyway on to loading cars How about some ethanol loading

 

More loadin/unloading please

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Posted by NorthBrit on Sunday, December 4, 2022 7:17 AM

Opening the doors of a North British Railway boxvan at Hudson Ward Flour Millers

 

 IMG_2220 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Anything of your choice

 

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Posted by John-NYBW on Sunday, December 4, 2022 7:55 AM

NorthBrit

Anything of your choice

 

David

 

I love these two structures which were both part of a three structure FSM kit (Roadside Delights) that also included a news stand which I have yet to build and find a place for.

Show us your favorite non-railroad scene(s). No trains or tracks.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, December 4, 2022 9:42 PM

John-NYBW
Show us your favorite non-railroad scene(s).

OK... Some of my Questing Knights:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Show me more non-trains-n-track scenes.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Monday, December 5, 2022 6:34 AM

Kevin   Non-track and trains

 

Rose Holt in her Salvation Army Uniform at a wet Clarence Dock 

 

 IMG_4227 by David Harrison, on Flickr


Anymore non-track 'n' trains

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, December 5, 2022 6:38 AM

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Anymore non-track 'n' trains

A couple walk through Memorial Park:

 IMG_6328_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

Anything of your choosing, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, December 5, 2022 7:29 AM

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Anything of your choosing, please.

SeeYou190
Show me more non-trains-n-track scenes.

OK, I found something more appropriate for this previous request. I did not take any pictures of my own stuff without trains or tracks.

This scene is on Mr. Muffin's display layout in Atlanta, Indiana:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

As Ed said, please show me anything of your choosing, thank you.

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Posted by John-NYBW on Monday, December 5, 2022 7:33 AM

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Anything of your choosing, please.

 

A bird's eye view of my Memorial Park in the partially completed town of Willoughby.

Stay with anything of your choosing.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, December 5, 2022 7:37 AM

John-NYBW
Stay with anything of your choosing.

This one is a favorite of the ficticious paint schemes I have created.

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Show me another 50 foot boxcar.

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Posted by tankertoad135 on Monday, December 5, 2022 11:26 AM

Here is a pair of my GN 50 footers on the MHMEng Layout.  The red puppy is an Athearn kitbash and the green, an early Intermountain model I painted. Cowboy

More 50' boxcars gents! Confused

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Posted by John-NYBW on Monday, December 5, 2022 2:16 PM

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More 50' boxcars gents! Confused

I don't have many 50 footers but this is one of my favorites:

Stay with 50 footers...any type of car.

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Posted by HO-Velo on Monday, December 5, 2022 11:24 PM

More 50 foot rail cars please.  Regards, Peter

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Posted by "JaBear" on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 2:17 AM

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More 50 foot rail cars please.

Does a 50’ foobie count?
Weird by Bear, on Flickr
 
Please show me one/1.
 
Cheers, the Bear.Smile

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 6:30 AM

Please show me one/1.

Here is car PSX 1 from Pullman Standard:

 PS1-PS1 by Edmund, on Flickr

Shall we move on to the terrible twos?

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Posted by NorthBrit on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 6:41 AM

A 2 for Ed

 

 IMG_5476 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

be it next.

 

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Posted by John-NYBW on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 12:39 PM

NorthBrit

 

be it next.

 

David

 

Hard to see but the road number of this Hiawatha Atlantic is 3.

Give me a 4.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 1:07 PM

Is here

 

 IMG_5657 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

5  is required

 

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Posted by selector on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 3:46 PM

I go months and months between contributions, but here goes more coal:

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Posted by "JaBear" on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 3:49 PM

CISX500

CSIX500 by Bear, on Flickr

Come in # 6, you're time is up!Smile

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 8:22 PM

Ja Bear
Come in # 6, you're time is up!

Hard to imagine but the mighty New York Central Railroad had a series of H-10 Mikados numbered in the 1-10 series:

 IMG_8545_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

A Lucky Seven, Please.

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Posted by "JaBear" on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 3:28 AM
Taupo Totara Timber Co No 7, 3’6” gauge, 2-4-4-2, built by Alco in 1907, still in existence, so you could say she is a “Lucky 7”!!
 
DSCF4980 by Bear, on Flickr
 
Anyone for number 8, please.??
Cheers, the Bear.Smile

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Posted by NorthBrit on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 3:50 AM

Number 8

 

 IMG_5298 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

I make it 9 next.

 

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Posted by "JaBear" on Thursday, December 8, 2022 12:42 AM
P&R12937
 
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There must be a 10!! Smile

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Posted by BATMAN on Thursday, December 8, 2022 12:55 AM

There is a 10!

 

Is there an 11?

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Posted by NorthBrit on Thursday, December 8, 2022 4:35 AM

11 is here -

 

 IMG_5172 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

12 would make a dozen

 

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Posted by NorthBrit on Friday, December 9, 2022 4:56 AM

12 --

 

 IMG_5085 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

13  -  K&ESR  cattle wagon  number 13

 

 IMG_5098 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Number 14  or anything else

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Friday, December 9, 2022 8:27 AM

NorthBrit
Number 14  or anything else

I'll take the "anything else" please.

Here is a scene with a coupe of trees:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Show me a scene with a couple of trees if you please.

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Posted by NVSRR on Friday, December 9, 2022 7:53 PM

A scene with some trees as #12 trundles over the bridge in the distance.  In its not very industrial paint scheme. 

More tree scenes please 

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Posted by jacon12 on Friday, December 9, 2022 9:22 PM

Trees!

I'd like more trees, please.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Saturday, December 10, 2022 3:14 AM

Trees --

 

 IMG_5438 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Trees and bushes please.

 

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Posted by pt714 on Saturday, December 10, 2022 7:13 AM

NorthBrit
Trees and bushes please.

Show me some water, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, December 10, 2022 8:15 AM

pt714
Show me some water, please.

Some water:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Show me more water.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Saturday, December 10, 2022 8:33 AM

Kevin - More water.

A little here.

 IMG_4230 (2) by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

More water please

 

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Posted by HO-Velo on Saturday, December 10, 2022 3:38 PM

More water scenes please.  Regards, Peter

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, December 10, 2022 8:23 PM

HO-Velo
More water scenes please.

A flagman wishes he were someplace else:

 Bascule2_sm-1 by Edmund, on Flickr

 PRR Cabin by Edmund, on Flickr

How about another cabin, van, caboose or way car?

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Posted by NorthBrit on Sunday, December 11, 2022 6:16 AM

Ed - another cabin, van, caboose or way car.

 

 IMG_5335 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

another cabin, van, caboose or way car?

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, December 11, 2022 8:51 AM

NorthBrit
Another cabin, van, caboose or way car?

Here is one:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

How about another cabin, van, caboose or way car?

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Posted by Track fiddler on Sunday, December 11, 2022 9:29 AM

SeeYou190

How about another cabin, van, caboose or way car?

Chose cabeese.

 

Another cabin, van, caboose or (what's a) way car?

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, December 11, 2022 9:39 AM

Track fiddler
Another cabin, van, caboose or (what's a) way car?

Here is the other SGRR steel caboose:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Please show me another cabin, van, caboose or whatever a way car is...

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Posted by tankertoad135 on Monday, December 12, 2022 3:56 PM

Here is a pair of Mt Hood cabeese for your viewing pleasure. Cowboy

Any more cabeese, er, cabooses out there paleeze? Confused

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Posted by NorthBrit on Monday, December 12, 2022 4:20 PM

Don wants a caboose.

 

Elder granddaughter has one

 

 IMG_5585 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Next - Anything of your choice.

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, December 12, 2022 4:21 PM

Track fiddler
Another cabin, van, caboose or (what's a) way car?

(trying to work around the nettlesome FATAL 404 error)

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=86890

The majority of the railroads in the United States call the car at the end of their trains a caboose. Other common names are hacks, crummies, vans, cabin cars, or shacks. But why did the Burlington call theirs a waycar? It is believed that the term originated around the turn of the century [1900], coming from older passenger cars that had been converted for use as "Way Freight Rider Cars" or "Way Freight Cabooses." Because of it's length, the term was shortened to a single word, "Waycar." The term caught on with the employees of the Burlington, and from that time forward, the Burlington cabooses have been proudly known as waycars.

If Garry were still with us he could explain the CB&Q's use of waycar better than I could. I hear in some circles the C&NW and Santa Fe* used the term, too, but this may have been local vernacular.

https://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/13/t/275591.aspx

   *

 santa-fe-waycar-book by Edmund, on Flickr


 

Maybe on the New York Central they were called "wave cars" 'cause you could stand on the rear platform and... wave?

 NYC_19186_transfer by Edmund, on Flickr

Let's have another caboose, please.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Monday, December 12, 2022 8:22 PM

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Let's have another caboose, please.

Hi Ed.  Thanks for the interesting way/wave car infoSmile, Wink & Grin 

 

 

Similar but no cigar.

 

Edit Asked for a caboose over 24 hours ago so post whatever you please!

 

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 9:48 PM

Track fiddler
Edit Asked for a caboose over 24 hours ago so post whatever you please!

The yard office and caboose track:

 caboose track by Edmund, on Flickr

Please show another track shed, yard office, section house type of RR structure.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 8:17 AM

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Please show another track shed, yard office, section house type of RR structure.

Tiny little yard office:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

The above scene is on the Durango And Silverton Narrow Gauge's roundhouse museum layout.

Once again, please show us another track shed, yard office, section house type of RR structure.

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Posted by HO-Velo on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 4:52 PM

More small lineside structures please.  Regards, Peter

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Posted by NorthBrit on Thursday, December 15, 2022 6:00 AM

Peter  -  Small lineside structure.

 

Fogman's Hut.  Small white roofed building  with fog lamps inside for use in foggy weather.

 

 IMG_5302 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Any building of your choice.

 

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Posted by John-NYBW on Friday, December 16, 2022 5:34 PM

NorthBrit

Any building of your choice.

 

David

 

Does a flat count?

I found a picture of this coliseum on the internet, enlarged it, Photo Shopped the marguee, printed it in three sections, and mounted it on Gatorfoam to give it some depth. I'm really happy how it turned out.

The photo isn't quite sharp enough to read the marquee but the coming attractions are the Harlem Globetrotters and Bill Haley and the Comets. Perfect for my 1956 time period. 

I had considered scratchbuilding an indoor arena but even a minimum sized arena would have eaten up far to much real estate so I made this to be a background structure.

Show me something on your backdrop that you are particularly proud of. 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, December 17, 2022 8:29 AM

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Show me something on your backdrop that you are particularly proud of. 

When Randy and I were building the portable N scale layout for Scale Rails Of Southwest Florida back in 1992, N scale backdrops were hard to find. We used the HO scale Walthers backdrops instead.

Through experimentation, we found it looked better if smaller buildings were placed near the backdrop, and the HO scale buildings just towered over them.

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Show me another picture of a backdrop.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Saturday, December 17, 2022 11:05 AM

Kevin -  Another backdrop.

 

Beyond the platform is backdrop  at Leeds Sovereign Street.

 

 IMG_2536 (2) by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

More backdrop please

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, December 18, 2022 12:25 AM

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More backdrop please

Most of this picture is backdrop.

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Please show me another backdrop.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Monday, December 19, 2022 9:22 AM

Kevin  - Another backdrop. 

Clarence Dock is an industrial area  of warehouses etc.

The buildings are backdrop.

 

 IMG_5237 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Anything of your choice, please.

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, December 19, 2022 9:33 AM

NorthBrit
Anything of your choice, please.

Here is another one with a lot of backdrop.

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Please show me another scene with a cluster of barrels and/or boxes.

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Posted by HO-Velo on Monday, December 19, 2022 10:51 AM

More barrels, boxes, crates.  Regards, Peter

 

 

 

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Posted by John-NYBW on Monday, December 19, 2022 12:03 PM

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More barrels, boxes, crates.  Regards, Peter

Looks like a busy day at the freight depot.

More barrels and/or crates, please. 

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Posted by BATMAN on Monday, December 19, 2022 1:01 PM

How about a steamer with weather curtains? Could be a toughy. Wayne?Mischief

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Posted by NorthBrit on Monday, December 19, 2022 2:40 PM

Brent wants a steamer with weather curtains.

 

The locomotive on the right has them - rolled up.

 

 IMG_2194 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Anymore steamers with weather curtains?

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, December 19, 2022 5:07 PM

NorthBrit
Anymore steamers with weather curtains?

You can glimpse the clean canvas curtain just behind the fireman's side of the cab here:

 PRR_E6-away by Edmund, on Flickr

Show me anything else made of fabric, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, December 19, 2022 10:38 PM

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Show me anything else made of fabric, please.

I know it is not what you meant, but the "water" prop in this image is a piece of tie-dyed fabric.

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Show me more fabric.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 10:33 AM

Kevin  -  Fabric.

 

Curtains at the windows of the houses.

 

 IMG_5822 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Next -  A building of your choice.

 

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Posted by Water Level Route on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 11:30 AM

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Next -  A building of your choice.

 Photographer and Book Store by Michael, on Flickr

How about another building interior

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 4:52 PM

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How about another building interior

With all the engines out on assignments the roundhouse crew can tend to some cleanup duties:

 RH_floor_b2 by Edmund, on Flickr

Another interior scene, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 10:42 AM

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Another interior scene, please.

This is the interior I built for Design Preservation Models "Skips Chicken And Ribs".

-Photographs by Kevin Parson

This model remains unfinished. I will find a place for it on the next layout.

Show me another model of a wooden building.

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Posted by HO-Velo on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 11:59 AM

More wooden structures please.  Regards, Peter

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Posted by NorthBrit on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 12:53 PM

Peter - Wooden Structure.

 

Wooden Parcels Building  at Clarence Dock Yard.

 

 IMG_2117 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

A loading/unloading dock please.

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 2:31 PM

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A loading/unloading dock please.

On a rainy night...

 REA_Siding-rain by Edmund, on Flickr

More loading-unloading docks, please.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 3:06 PM

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More loading-unloading docks, please.

A drive through grain unloading dockHuh?
 
Any kind of loading-unloading please.
 
 
 
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Posted by NVSRR on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 3:47 PM

an old abandonded loading duck

or the one for Acme Manufacture

More loading dock scenes please

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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, December 22, 2022 7:45 AM

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More loading dock scenes please

The loading dock at Harshaw Chemical:

 Harshaw_shipping by Edmund, on Flickr

Another scene with a bumper or end-of-track "stopper", please.

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Posted by York1 on Thursday, December 22, 2022 7:52 AM

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Another scene with a bumper or end-of-track "stopper", please

This was my first attempt at building an N intermodal yard.  The new layout will have some kind of small intermodal yard, but I'm not sure what it will be:

 

Please show me another scene of bumpers or end-of-track stoppers.

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Posted by John-NYBW on Thursday, December 22, 2022 8:34 AM

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Please show me another scene of bumpers or end-of-track stoppers.

 
The bumper post here is barely visible beyound the building on the right.
 
 
Show another end of a spur track, with or without bumpers.
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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, December 22, 2022 8:43 AM

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Show another end of a spur track, with or without bumpers.

A big concrete number:

 NYC S motor with Century by Edmund, on Flickr

Or plain and simple:

 Access_road by Edmund, on Flickr

More "stoppers" please.

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Posted by "JaBear" on Thursday, December 22, 2022 1:51 PM

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More "stoppers" please.

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Posted by maxman on Thursday, December 22, 2022 2:02 PM

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Posted by BATMAN on Thursday, December 22, 2022 2:13 PM

Laugh

What's your request Maxman?

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Posted by maxman on Thursday, December 22, 2022 5:10 PM

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Laugh

What's your request Maxman?

 

World Peace?

How about something Conrail blue.

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Posted by NVSRR on Thursday, December 22, 2022 7:01 PM

A U23B in CR paint at the cross over and curve called pencil

More U23B's please

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Posted by dti406 on Thursday, December 22, 2022 8:08 PM

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More U23B's please

Shane

PC U23b, these were ordered by order of the new president of the PC who came from the Southern so they were delivered with dual controls and the long hood designated as the front of the unit.

More U23b's!

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Friday, December 23, 2022 8:51 PM

24 HOURS

Bump To The Top

-  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -

I don't have any U-23-Bs, so I could not participate with the previous request.

Here is a scene with a wall:

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Please show me another wall in a scene.

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, December 24, 2022 2:17 PM

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Please show me another wall in a scene.

This concrete retaining wall is part of the scene:

 EL_1057 by Edmund, on Flickr

Please show another Alco on a passenger train.

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Posted by John-NYBW on Saturday, December 24, 2022 5:15 PM

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Please show another Alco on a passenger train.

 
How about a couple Alcos on commuter trains. It also has retaining walls in the foreground and backgroound. I staged this photo before learning the Pennsy also ran their RS3s long hood forward.
 

Stay with Alcos on passenger runs. 
 
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Posted by dti406 on Saturday, December 24, 2022 8:58 PM

John-NYBW

 

 
gmpullman

Stay with Alcos on passenger runs. 
 
 

Rapido PA-1's with the Broadway Limited!

Stay with Alcos on Passenger Trains!

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, December 24, 2022 10:09 PM

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Stay with Alcos on Passenger Trains!

A "Bluebird" arrives on the right while a departing train is in the center. The Geep on the left waits to begin setting out head end cars:

 Nickel Plate Depart-Arrive by Edmund, on Flickr

More Alcos on passenger trains, please.

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Posted by John-NYBW on Sunday, December 25, 2022 8:07 AM

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More Alcos on passenger trains, please.

 

An RS1 pulling a commuter train across a curved trestle.

Alco steam on a passenger or freight, please.

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Posted by gmpullman on Sunday, December 25, 2022 1:35 PM

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Alco steam on a passenger or freight, please.

An Alco USRA 2-8-2 gets under way after a stop for coal and water:

 GTW_3734 by Edmund, on Flickr

More American Locomotive steam on the head-end, please.

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Posted by "JaBear" on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 3:05 AM
Now I would never consider Ed, a sneaky sort of cove, but his request for “American Locomotive steam, “has slightly flummoxed me!Huh?
Will any American built steam locomotive do?
Would another American Locomotive Company built, steam locomotive suffice?
Or is it an ALCO built, 4-4-0??
So, my excuse is that as time has gone by, and as I only have an ALCO built 2-10-2, that will have to do!!
 
2-10-2 by Bear, on Flickr
 
How about any Steam Locomotive, please.
Cheers, the Bear.Smile

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Posted by NorthBrit on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 5:28 AM

Bear - A steam locomotive.

Princess Royal Class  46210  'Lady Patricia'.

 

 IMG_5053 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

 IMG_5052 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Some fascinating (imo) information about Lady Patricia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Patricia_of_Connaught

 

Another steam locomotive please.

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 9:23 AM

 

Ja Bear
Now I would never consider Ed, a sneaky sort of cove, but his request for “American Locomotive steam, “has slightly flummoxed me!Huh?

I should have been a little more bespecific and requested yes, an AlCo product which were found around the globe, both built in the U.S. and licenced abroad. Smile


 

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Another steam locomotive please.

Its N&W heritage quite evident this PRR HH1 does sport a Toluidine red Keystone number plate. An honor usually reserved for passenger locomotives:

 PRR_HH1 by Edmund, on Flickr

 PRR_HH1d_sm1 by Edmund, on Flickr

More STEAM of your choosing, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 10:45 AM

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More STEAM of your choosing, please.

Of my choosing you say...

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

The above scene was on the outdoor G scale layout at H&R Trains in there original location in Pinellas Park, Florida.

Show me more steam... of your choosing of course.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 11:01 AM

[quote user="SeeYou190" 

Show me more steam... of your choosing of course.

-Kevin

[/quote]

 

I was going to post a picture of Thomas, but thought   a picture of 6233  Duchess of Sutherland  would be nicer as she still runs to this day.

 

 IMG_1992 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Another steamer of your choice, please.

 

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Posted by John-NYBW on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 11:06 AM

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Show me more steam... of your choosing of course.

-Kevin

 

I picked this Camelback up on ebay earlier this year. It's at least 60 years old but still runs well in DC mode. I have yet to install a decoder in it. 

Show more steam, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 11:10 AM

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Show more steam, please.

Music Oh Give Me A Home... Music 

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Show us more steam, please.

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Posted by BRVRR on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 3:11 PM

Kevin: "Show us more steam, please.

Santa Fe 3761 with a short consist of heavyweights on the BRVRR.

More steam please.

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 3:12 PM

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Show us more steam, please.

This Niagara seems just too clean to be a workhorse of the railroad. Maybe it just came out of the shop?

 NYC_6008_S-1 by Edmund, on Flickr

Continue with steam locomotives, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 11:39 PM

BRVRR
More steam please.

gmpullman
Continue with steam locomotives, please.

Same steam locomotive as the previous picture I posted...

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Now for a diesel locomotive please.

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Posted by "JaBear" on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 3:31 AM
One of Club member Owen’s diesels on the Clubs Modular layout.

Track cleaning by Bear, on Flickr
 
Any more diesels, please?
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Posted by John-NYBW on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 8:28 AM

 
Any more diesels, please?
Cheers, the Bear.Smile
 

I've always had a fondness for EMD F-units. I've lost track of how many I now have on the roster.

More diesels of your choosing, please.

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Posted by gmpullman on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 9:04 AM

John-NYBW
More diesels of your choosing, please.

PAs a-la Spencer...

 PA_Roundhouse-lineup by Edmund, on Flickr

 PA_Roundhouse-lineup-2 by Edmund, on Flickr

More diesels if you please...

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 9:12 AM

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More diesels if you please...

EMD GP with some tank cars:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

The above scene was photographed on the Country Roads HO scale modular train show display layout.

More diesels please...

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Posted by NorthBrit on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 9:17 AM

Kevin - More diesels

 

Class 37  'Glencairn'  with two Class 55s behind

 

 IMG_5492 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

More diesels please

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 9:17 AM

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More diesels if you please...

 
 
 
More diesels if you would please.
 
 
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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 10:12 AM

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More diesels please

Track fiddler
More diesels if you would please.

Here is another:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

The above scene was captured on MR. Muffin's Lionel display layout in Atlanta, Indiana.

She me another diesel.

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Posted by BATMAN on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 10:57 AM

Show me anything with a diesel engine in it, please.

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Posted by John-NYBW on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 11:24 AM

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Show me anything with a diesel engine in it, please.

 

A couple EMD E-units getting a drink at the fueling station.

Diesel pictures seem popular today so let's stay with it. 

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Posted by NorthBrit on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 11:46 AM

A foggy evening at Clarence Dock Junction

 

 IMG_5920 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Staying with diesels

 

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Posted by "JaBear" on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 11:51 AM

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Staying with diesels

Baldwin by Bear, on Flickr

 Staying on a roll? More diesels, please. Smile

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Posted by BATMAN on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 12:18 PM

More diesels, please.

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 1:27 PM

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More diesels, please.

Another slant on a Baldwin product. Lotsa' Wheels!

 Centipede PRR style by Edmund, on Flickr

Diesels, diesels, diesels, please.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 2:05 PM

Ed wants diesels.

 

Class 47, 55 & 52  on shed.

 

 IMG_2011 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Diesels are required

 

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Posted by pt714 on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 2:27 PM

Reaching into my past layouts for this one.

How about some electric motive power?

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Posted by gmpullman on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 3:12 PM

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How about some electric motive power?

Here's a diesel-electric/electric on the left (FL9) and an electric/electric (EP-5) on the right. The EP-5 can run on straight 660V DC third rail or 11,000 AC from the overhead.

 NH_EP5_Jet-FL9 by Edmund, on Flickr

Any more electrics, AKA "Motors"?

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Posted by John-NYBW on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 5:53 PM

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Any more electrics, AKA "Motors"?

 

I own one electric, a Pemco Pennsy GG-1 which was a gift from my sister about 35 years ago. At the time, I was modeling the UP so this didn't fit at all but whenever she would visit, I would bring it out and run it for her, not having the heart to tell her why it didn't belong on the layout. For most of the past 35 years, it has remained boxed up. Even though my current layout is set in the east and the Pennsy has trackage rights, it didn't make sense to string up caternary for one loco. I had forgotten I even had it until I came across a storage box a few months ago.

Here is the GG-1 with the raised pantograph but no catenary. All dressed up with no place to go. 

Let's stay with the electric loco request, either 3rd rail or overhead.  

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, December 29, 2022 7:50 AM

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Let's stay with the electric loco request, either 3rd rail or overhead. 

Amtrak GG1:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

The above scene is featured on the store layout at Dana'a Railroad Supply in Spring Hill, Florida.

Show me another passenger station scene please.

-Kevin

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Posted by John-NYBW on Thursday, December 29, 2022 8:58 AM

SeeYou190

Show me another passenger station scene please.

-Kevin

 

This is the second largest station on my layout. It is a kitbash of Walthers modulars and a Volmer Baden-Baden station.

More passenger stations, large or small.

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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, December 29, 2022 10:19 AM

John-NYBW
More passenger stations, large or small.

The commuter side:

 CNW_Bilevel-station by Edmund, on Flickr

The Steam concourse:

 Union_Sta_departure2_crop by Edmund, on Flickr

More stations, please.

 

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Posted by NVSRR on Thursday, December 29, 2022 6:36 PM

I hit three here.  Electric, steam and stations. 

 

So lets see towersplease

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Posted by Attuvian1 on Thursday, December 29, 2022 7:30 PM

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NVSRR
More loading dock scenes please

The loading dock at Harshaw Chemical:

 Harshaw_shipping by Edmund, on Flickr

Ed,

I'm just catching up on this month's Show Me Something so this is way out of order as to page.  Your mention of Harshaw Chemical hit me instantly.  My late father worked for them as a salesman!  Talk about an arcane name out of the past!

Did you assign the name to the building by just picking it out of the air or do you have a remembrance of the actual company?  My dad worked Ohio and Michigan for them in the late 50s.  Always bringing home items interesting to a young lad.

Thanks!

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, December 29, 2022 8:50 PM

NVSRR
So lets see towers please.

Once again at the store layout at Dana's Railroad Supply in Spring Hill, Florida:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

More towers again please.

-Kevin

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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, December 29, 2022 8:56 PM

Attuvian1
Your mention of Harshaw Chemical hit me instantly. 

Hi, John

In the mid-1970s I was fireman on the Cuyahoga Valley Line's USRA 2-8-2 and our train passed by the Harshaw plant on Harvard Road in Old Brooklyn twice a day on weekends. I used to like seeing the old buildings and equipment and the name just stuck with me all these years.

 4070_Stopped at RD Jct. by Edmund, on Flickr

Look at all those tank cars...

Of course the place was a mess to clean up after they closed. Fascinating history of the company, though.

 Harshaw_coal-tar-tank by Edmund, on Flickr

A PRR brick tower:

 PRR_SG_tower2 by Edmund, on Flickr

 PRR_SG_tower-bay-2 by Edmund, on Flickr

More signal/interlocking towers, please.

Regards, Ed.

 

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Posted by Attuvian1 on Friday, December 30, 2022 2:06 AM

Thanks for the background, Ed.

Off Topic  Old family stomping grounds back in Northern Ohio.  Had aunts, uncles and cousins in places like Hiram and Canal Fulton.

John  

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Friday, December 30, 2022 10:53 AM

gmpullman
More signal/interlocking towers, please.

Tower in the tropics:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Show me another tower please.

-Kevin

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Posted by gmpullman on Friday, December 30, 2022 11:47 AM

SeeYou190
Show me another tower please.

A photographer gets a lucky break:

 MG_tower by Edmund, on Flickr

 EL_3638b by Edmund, on Flickr

Any more towers out there?

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Posted by NorthBrit on Friday, December 30, 2022 11:54 AM

Ed  --  Anymore towers?

In charge at Clrence Dock and Yard.

 IMG_5911 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Next - Anything you like.

 

David

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Friday, December 30, 2022 7:03 PM

NorthBrit
Next - Anything you like.

Here is a scene with a blue automobile:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Show me a scene with a blue freight car.

-Kevin

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Posted by "JaBear" on Saturday, December 31, 2022 4:05 AM

SeeYou190
Show me a scene with a blue freight car.

I hope four blue freight cars will do? Taken on the Club Modular layout.
4 by Bear, on Flickr
 
Can we get to page 7 before the start of the New Year?
A “free hit,” show me whatever you fancy, please.
Cheers, the Bear.Smile

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, December 31, 2022 4:08 AM

A “free hit,” show me whatever you fancy, please.

I'll jump in with a Blue Caboose for my free ride:

 CR_N7_caboose by Edmund, on Flickr

Another caboose, please.

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Posted by "JaBear" on Saturday, December 31, 2022 4:25 AM

gmpullman
Another caboose, please.

How about an NZR 9mm guards van?Whistling
NZR 9mm by Bear, on Flickr
 
Any more cabooses, please?
Cheers, the Bear.Smile

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, December 31, 2022 6:52 AM

Any more cabooses, please?

Can we make another page in a day?

Here is a caboose:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Show me another caboose.

-Kevin

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Posted by NorthBrit on Saturday, December 31, 2022 7:07 AM

Kevin.  Another caboose.

 

A Brake Van

 

 IMG_2042 (2) by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Another caboose please.

 

David

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, December 31, 2022 8:03 AM

NorthBrit
Another caboose please.

Another caboose:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Another caboose please.

-Kevin

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Posted by BATMAN on Saturday, December 31, 2022 10:01 AM

SeeYou190
Another caboose please. -Kevin

Movin day.

Please show me something with wheels.

Brent

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Posted by NorthBrit on Saturday, December 31, 2022 10:49 AM

Brent   -  Something with wheels.

 

LMS 6149  'Lady of the Lake'.

 

 IMG_1991 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Something else with wheels.

 

David

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, December 31, 2022 2:10 PM

NorthBrit
Something else with wheels.

This old timer has a spare wheel in his wagon:

 Drayage by Edmund, on Flickr

More things with wheels, please.

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Posted by HO-Velo on Saturday, December 31, 2022 2:41 PM

More things with wheels.  Regards, Peter

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Posted by "JaBear" on Saturday, December 31, 2022 2:49 PM
Another of my late friend Hans Hubner scenes.
 
DSCF3223 by Bear, on Flickr
 
Let’s stick to the more wheels theme, please.

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, December 31, 2022 4:32 PM

Let’s stick to the more wheels theme, please.

Wheels headed into the wheel shop:

 IMG_8671_fix by Edmund, on Flickr

More anything with wheels, please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, December 31, 2022 5:08 PM

gmpullman
More anything with wheels, please.

Trucks have wheels.

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

More of anything with wheels.

-Kevin

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, December 31, 2022 5:22 PM

SeeYou190
More of anything with wheels.

Thirty-two of them under this hot metal bottle car:

 Hot Metal Torpedo by Edmund, on Flickr

We Want Wheels — please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, December 31, 2022 5:29 PM

gmpullman
Thirty-two of them under this hot metal bottle car:

That's a lot of wheels!

gmpullman
We Want Wheels — please.

Red automobile, red boxcar, both are on wheels!

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

More Wheels!

-Kevin

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Posted by York1 on Saturday, December 31, 2022 5:46 PM

SeeYou190
More Wheels! -Kevin

 

I think there's eighteen wheels here:

 

 

More wheels, please!

York1 John       

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Posted by "JaBear" on Saturday, December 31, 2022 7:50 PM

Some Hornby wheels on the Club Dublo layout.

80059 by Bear, on Flickr

More wheels, please.Smile

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, December 31, 2022 8:21 PM

More wheels, please

Watching the wheels turn with a test power supply:

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

More Wheels!

-Kevin

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, December 31, 2022 8:50 PM

SeeYou190
More Wheels!

Spare wheels await rebuilding in the shop:

 In The Diesel Shop by Edmund, on Flickr

The wheels on the bus go... round to more wheels.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, December 31, 2022 8:55 PM

gmpullman
The wheels on the bus go... round to more wheels.

Bus you say...

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

They are hidden, but it does have wheels.

More Wheels Please.

-Kevin

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Posted by York1 on Saturday, December 31, 2022 9:27 PM

SeeYou190
More Wheels Please. -Kevin

 

Four wheels on a shiny new pickup:

 

 

More Wheels, please.

York1 John       

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, December 31, 2022 9:44 PM

York1
More Wheels, please.

Spare driving wheels in the foreground here:

 ERIE_4212 by Edmund, on Flickr

Big wheels keep on turnin' , please.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, December 31, 2022 9:52 PM

gmpullman
Big wheels keep on turnin' , please.

Wheels!

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

Spinning wheels gonna spin, please.

-Kevin

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Posted by John-NYBW on Sunday, January 1, 2023 8:55 AM

SeeYou190

Spinning wheels gonna spin, please.

-Kevin

 

How about 80 inch drivers? This UP FEF is not on my active roster but I ocassionally take it out of moth balls to run it on my current layout along with other big UP steamers from my previous layout. Two Northerns, two challengers and a Big Boy.

More wheels please. 

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Posted by Attuvian1 on Sunday, January 1, 2023 10:21 AM

Big wheels?  I was going to add a picture of Leland B. Stanford Laugh.  But couldn't capture it to Imgur.  Grrrr.

Happy New Year, folks!!

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, January 1, 2023 10:25 AM

Hey everybody...

The January 2023 edition of Show Me Something is open.

-Kevin

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Posted by Track fiddler on Sunday, January 1, 2023 11:05 AM

John-NYBW
Two Northerns, two challengers and a Big Boy.

More wheels please. 

Sounds like some kind of steam locomotive Full House JohnPirate...Laugh

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